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I started to get real nervous as I paged through the top 25 since I didn’t run into a woman’s name until SHOCKER, at number 4 is Kathryn Bigelow. What a difference a year (a great movie, and some awards) make. Think she would have been on the list...[Read on]

Sofia Coppola Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

This is why awards matter. When Somewhere premiered at Venice to mostly indifferent reviews it was pretty much dismissed as not as good as Lost in Translation which earned Coppola an Oscar Nomination. Now a week later the film has gained some serious ...[Read on]

Could a woman get nominated for best director this year?

Another of the post-Cannes write ups include a supposition that 2009 might be a year where a woman could get a best director nod which would be the first since Sophia Coppola in 2003 for Lost in Translation. (H/T to Guy Lodge from In Contention for even...[Read on]

Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 22

Opening This Week It’s a good thing the weather will be nice in the east cause there are slim pickings at the movies this weekend. I have no interest in the new Terminator and if I see Night at the Museum 2, and that’s a big if, it will be to see Am...[Read on]

Jan Chapman – The woman behind so many great films

Jane Campion and Jan Chapman One of my longtime obsessions has been finding Australian films, especially those directed by women. It began almost 20 years ago when I first saw My Brilliant Career and I was blown away. Thinking back now seeing that mo...[Read on]

Amelia & Motherhood

It’s opening day for Amelia and Motherhood. I am out of town today at a meeting so here are truncated reviews of both films. I will have an interview with Katherine Dieckmann writer and director of Motherhood next week. Amelia Earhart is one of thos...[Read on]

Women at the Box Office – A look back and a look ahead

While most Americans (and the world) are struggling financially, Hollywood had a great year. Box office revenue topped $10.6 billion, up 10 percent from 2008 (according to Hollywood.com) and many of the year end stories have talked about women both at...[Read on]

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